Boat-loading apparatus



Jimi. 2, 19.23.,

' F. W. LOVELL.

BOAT LoADlNc APPARATUS.

'Fuera JUNE l2, 1920.

JM. 2, 11923., www@ F. W. LOVELL.

BoAT LoAmNs APPARATUS.

FILED JUNE l2, 1920. 2 SHEETS-SHEET `2 n 1 'l 7 i i itereirteci dara 2,

.i ai.

Tll ll FREDERICK V7. LOWELL, CLEVELAND, OHO, ASSG-NOR T0 THE MCll/IYLERXN'TEB.- STATE COLVIPNY, GF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORFORATIQN OHO.

:BOAT-LOAEBNG APFAB/ATUS.

-Application filed June l2,

Be it known that l, Fiucnrnicir lll. Lovrnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga kand 'rita-teof (,hio, have invented a cert-ain new and useful linproveinent inBoat-Loading Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

rlhis invention relates to boat loading apparatus for loading boats withmaterial such as coal, and has for its object to provide loading'apparatus which is more eliicient and less expensivel to install andoperate than the apparatus used heretofore.

lt has been proposed to load vessels at one or both sides of a pier withapparatus including movable hoppers and trimmers adapted to he movedalong the sides of the pier lengthwise thereof, and adapted to receivecoal from what are lniown as transfer cars which travel along a trestleand convey the coal from a car dumper which handles ordinary standardgage railway cars. Vllith the system or apparatus heretofore proposed,the yloaded cars are pulled up to the cadle of the duinper or to thecradles of two dumpers arranged side by side, and the coal is dumpedinto transfer cars on the top of the pier, and then these transfer carsare pulled up inclined tracks of the trestle to the upper level of thetrestle which is at such a height that the material. can be .dischargedfrom these transfer cars .into the movable hoppers, and from the latterconveyed to the hatches of the lioats. The empty transfer cars must bebrought down the inclined tracks of the trestle vfrom the upper to thelower level where they are filled in the dumpers.

lllith the apparatus constituting the/subiject matter of the presentinvention, the loaded and empty transfer cars arev moved back and forthon level tracks at the -top of the trestle;l and the railway cars areelevated in the dumper to a height such that the material can hedischarged into the transfer cars without requiring that they be loweredor elevated with respect to the level at which they discharge into themovable hoppers, and additionally al system of tracks is provided on thetop vof thetrestle such that loaded and empty cars can be moved withoutinterference in the same general direction, the whole producing anv'exceedingly appar `is and which requires i920. Serial No. 388,4-lfl.

Fig. l is a side view of the apparatus which isiustalled on a pier, andbeyond the pier at the shoreward end thereof, the outer end of the pierbeing omitted; 2 is a topplan view of the same showing also the outerend of the pier; Fig. 3 is a plan view showing in outline a double ort\'vo-craclle dumper and the tracks for the railway cars that arehandled thereby; Fig. l isan end view of the double dumper; Fig. 5 is across-sectional view through the pier and tre'stle showing particularlythe movablehoppers which receive the coal from the transfer cars andthetrimming mechanism which is carried by the movable hoppers; and Fig. 6is a detail view illust-rating the manner in which the upper portions ofthe` movable hoppers are guided on the upper'overhanging portions of thetrestle.

ln the drawings, lO represents a pier alongside of which. boats llareadapted to be placed to be loaded. On this pier' and at the shorewardend of the pier, there is erected an elevated trestle 12, fortransfercars 13 which travel back and forth, always at the same level,or substantially the same level, along tracks including two outer trackslll and a centraltrackl5, At a pointl near the. dumper, tobe referred topresently, the tracks converge, and through switches 16 the cars `can betransferred from one track to any'other track, and lattvhe outer endo-fthe trestle which is shown at the righthand of Fig. 2, switch tracks andswitches 17 'are provided so that the' empty cars 'can be moved fromeither outerftrack tothe central track.

.Mot/'able along the sides of the pier on suitable tracks or runwaysprovided thereon, are loading devices in the forni of movable hoppers 18which are provided with conveying and trimmin( apparatus A19 adapted ltoconvey' ereafterlterroed coal, from the hoppers to the hatches of theboats. The hoppers are supported on suitably built structures or frameswhich are provided at the bottomy witlitrucks 2O which runon the trackson the pier7 4andat their upper ends these movablehoppers are guided onthe. trestle by any suitable means'suc'h as rollers 21 engagingfixedguide. rails 22 of the trestle, as indicated in Fig. 6,4 so that narrowgauge yrunways'can be, utilized, as is desirable for these movablehoppers,y while at the sam'etime stability is provided by theIengagement ofthe rollers r wheels at the top of the hopperswith thefixed guideway of thetrestle.

As shown. in Fig. 5, both sides of the trestle overhang the hoppers, theouter `tracks 14 being located' over the overhanging por- 1 tions sothat the coal can be transferred die 2O rectly from the transfer carsinto the hoppers, `hopper bottom transfer cars being preferablyutilized. f

At-,the shoreward end of the tre'stle 12 is f 1 ,la double car dumper 23which is provided .with two elevating and tilting cradles 24 shown inFig. 4. f l l C'oal cars such as indicated at 25 in Figs. `1 and 4 arepulled by anysuitable haulage system up inclined tracks 26,-(see Fig. 1)

`to thek level of the platens of the cradles 24 ing the transfer/carsfrom the viixedor normal level, at which theyl are adapted to operate.

Whenthe coal cars are dumped, the cradles arev lowered. and theempty-cars run down in- ;clined tracks 28 toward the shoreward end ofthepier, and up on what are' known-as kick-backs 29, and from the latterthe empty f cars drift down inclined tracks which run i ofl'at an angle.from the inclined tracks26 and 28, as shown in Fig. It will beunderstoodthat the empty carsA can be pushed from` the cradles of thedumper yby the on comingloaded cars, and that they rr-un by gravityvdown the tracks 28 and byiv gravity cradles of ,thedumpen and in`operatingthese from y.the'kick-back down the tracks 30. y A suitablenumber of transfer cars 13 will "I be provided on thetrestle to receivethe coall GO as fast, as it can be handled by thetwo transfer cars thelattervare brought from the dumper lalong either or both outside tracks@-14% and from the latter by means of the switches 16 can be conveyed toeither or bothy are filled.

Lacasse ofthe outside tracks 14 on the pierpart of the trestle so thatthe coal can be delivered from either cradle of the dumper to a movablehopper on either side of the pier, or if desired,` to the movablehoppers on both "f sides of the pier simultaneously. The loaded transfercars (which are preferably selfpropelled) will travel outwardly along`the pier by one or both the outer tracks 14; and.

lwhen these transfer cars liavevbeen emptied they will iun'out to theend of the pier, land then are transferred by the switch .tracks 17tothe center frasi-:15 so as not to interfere with the free moven'i entof the out! bound lloaded transfer cars. andtlien when the outer track14 (near "the-dumper) on which. the emptyl car is to be'iun is fi'eeof aloaded car7 the empty car nearest the vduinper will be transferred fromthe center track 15 at'the switches 16, and transferred to the desiredouter tra-ck 14, and will` be run into the dumper.vr

Tlfe dumper is provided atthe center, as shown in Fig. 4, with anelevator 31 which is notused inthe normal operation of the system, butis-provlded to permit the transfer carsl to be remOved from cr elevatedlto the top of the trestle as in the event it is neces sai'yto makerepairs. i For this purpose the y:

upper central trackl has an extension 15 leading ybeyondthe switcheslito the ele-y vator dumper-- i Thusit will beseen that elevatingdevices are required only for 'elevating the loaded., railway cars tothe dumping pointsabove i the level'rof the trestle, and it will beapparent also :that inviewfof.y the fac'tvtha-t the transfer cars 13which are much heavier than the railway cars'25 arealwaysv inaintainedat thersame level.'there-isa` gain'in efliciency by elii'ninating allvapparatus necese saryi-to elevate the transfer'cars after' theyFurthermore,

vfer cars and elevatingthek filled transfer cars permits the use of aless expensive trestle'than that which would otl-ierwisebc required, vand in the system whereiny .theVA )transfer cars arel always maintainedat the saine level as compared one having in vclined portions forAlowering and elevating vthe transfer cars`,` a smaller number of trans-4fer carsv andof operators are required so that vfor these reasons also,there is .again vin -efliciency, and economy in construction pandoperationl is attained,`

Modications may be made in details'of construction and arrangementwithout' de-y parting lfrominy invention as defined in theappended-claims n v Having described my invention, ,I claim:

` 1. ln a boat loadingapparatus forloading boats along a pier, anvelevated .trestle yon the .pierya hopper movable along the side theelimination of iiolines x in the trestle for lowering` the empty trans.f

iso

weer level ot the 17a/@idees Wud ln g means lfor elevating and thendumping railway cars at a point above the trestle, said trestle having`at tho top thereoii transiter car 'tracks extending at substantially thesaine level from the dumper outwardly along the pier, and transi'er carsmovable along said tracks and adapted to receive material dischargedfrom the cars at the dumper and to convey' the inalterial to saidhopper. l

2, ln a boat loading` apparatus :tor loading boats alone; one or bothsides oiC a pier, an elevate-'gl trestle on the pier, hoppers movablealong; opposite sides of the pier beneath the upper part of the trestle,a car dumper at the end oi the trestle and having means *for elevating`and then dumping railway ars, said trestle having tran-.ster car tracksextending; 'from the dumper along opposite sides ot the trestle, saidtracks extending into the dumper and being at a level such thattransiter cars can be filled in the dumper and moved along; the trestleand dumped into the movable hoppers Without the necessity forelevating); the transfer cars when iilled`r and a. plurality of'trai'isier cars movable along' said tracks.

3. ln a boat loading` apparatus for loading boats along; a` pier, anelevated trestle on the pier, hopper-s movable along` the sides ot thepier, a (hunner at the end of the trestle having' means for elevatingand then duniping` railvay cars above the top level of the trestle, aplurality of transfer cars movable along` the top of the trestle betweenthe damper and the outer end of the pier7 and tracks on the trestle Jforsaid transfer cars and including tracks for loaded cars extending`along' the outer side portions of the trestle. and an inner track 'forempty transiter cars connected by switches to the outer tracks. saidtransfer cars adapted to receive material from the cars elevated anddumped in the dunipcr and convey the material to the hopper. i

l. ln an apparatus Ytor loading` boats along a pier7 an elevated trackonthe pier, a trimming' device movable along the side of the pier,transfer cars movable along said track above the trinnninge device and a'lapted to supply coal to the .ane and elevating and hnnpini` mechanismto and 'trom Which the transfer cars are adapted to be moved so that thelatter may convey material from the elevating and dumping` mechanism tothe triniining device.

5, In apparatus :tor loading boats along pier. an elevated trestlehaving a track for transfer cars extending lengthwise of the pier, aboat trimmer movable along the side of the pier, transfer cars movablealong said track and adapted to discharge coal to the trimmer, saidtrack extending Vfor a distance shoreivard beyond the pier, and cardumping mechanism adjacent said tracln the latter eX- tending from thedumper at or about the level of the portion extending` along` the pier`whereby the transfer cars may receive material elevated and dumped bythe dumper and may convey the same to the trimmer.

6. In an apparatus ior loadingboats along a pier7 an elevated track onthe pier, a movable hopper and boat trimming device adapted to beshifted along` the pier beneath said track, transiter cars movablealong` said track and adapted to discharge into said hopper, a track forcoal cars, a car dumper adapted to receive cars from said secondmentioned track and to duino the material therefrom into transfer cars.,said first mentioned track Jfor the transfer cars extending`substantially horizontally from the car dumper whereby the transfer carsmay be loaded and ay convey the material therein to the hopper and boattrimmingdevice.

7. ln an apparatus Vtor loading boats along` a. pier, car elevating anddumping mechanism, an elevated track extending substantiallyhorizontally Jfrom said mechanism out alone; the pien transfer carsadapted to be iilled With coal by said mechanism and inovable along'said track.y and a boat trimmer including` a hopper movable along; thepier beneath said track and adapted to receive coal from the transfercars. y

ln testimony whereof. l hereunto affix my signature.

FREDERCK W. LOVELL.

